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Sab0921 posted:It's skeptical, norseman. Why would I use the amerikan spelling? Anyway, it is sad. So sad. It's a sad, sad situation. And it's getting more and more absurd.
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Pook Good Mook posted:My thoughts too. Was his only other offer to work for Trump on one of his criminal cases? I’m guessing zero. Also never taken a deposition, never drafted a motion without two other people looking at it, never conducted a status conference, and never talked directly with opposing lawyers.
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Might have been a corporate associate, because we all know how much Musk values someone who can do due diligence.
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It still makes me  and cry a bit that people that I had significantly more actual lawyer experience in my first three years of law than your average biglaw associate yet they got paid 6x what I did.Now they just make 2-3x and I still cry a little.
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Apr 11, 2023 13:34
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Mr. Nice! posted:It still makes me Yeah but do you have to be a lawyer?
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Apr 11, 2023 15:56
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Mr. Nice! posted:It still makes me They got paid not as the lawyers they were, but the lawyers they could be. Never you mind that most of them didn't.
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as a third year I filed tons of motions and was in charge of a shockingly big project my first motion was filed about a year after I started but they didn't let me put my name on it 
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Nice piece of fish posted:Yeah but do you have to be a lawyer? I'm definitely much happier than I ever was as a lawyer. I don't have clients. I just get to look things up and present what I find regardless of the results. I get paid much more than I did as a lawyer to TA classes and write papers. I'll have to teach one class/academic year starting in the next fall or spring. evilweasel posted:as a third year I filed tons of motions and was in charge of a shockingly big project I had my first argument in front of a judge on my first full day on the job. I interviewed Wednesday with a private defense lawyer. Came in Thursday to fill out paperwork and was handed a file for a contested early termination of probation hearing taking place on Friday. I won. I should have quit right then instead of a few years later.
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blarzgh posted:FYI this guy is in jail now and will almost certainly be losing his license tell him the chicago group meets at 7pm on wednesday and he can google the address
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Mr. Nice! posted:I'm definitely much happier than I ever was as a lawyer. I don't have clients. I rest my case.
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EwokEntourage posted:tell him the chicago group meets at 7pm on wednesday and he can google the address He needs AA for real, but he's gonna have to do the one in prison
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Mr. Nice! posted:I had my first argument in front of a judge on my first full day on the job. I interviewed Wednesday with a private defense lawyer. Came in Thursday to fill out paperwork and was handed a file for a contested early termination of probation hearing taking place on Friday. I won. I should have quit right then instead of a few years later. Must have felt awesome at the time though!
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I'm gonna do oral argument in front of the Ninth Circuit this summer, I'm hype.
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Tokelau All Star posted:I'm gonna do oral argument in front of the Ninth Circuit this summer, I'm hype. Good luck. I did this remote during the pandemic and since I was at home and didn’t get to go to the nice big courthouse it felt incredibly low rent and anti-climactic. Might as well have been immigration court or traffic court.
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Tokelau All Star posted:I'm gonna do oral argument in front of the Ninth Circuit this summer, I'm hype. If you're early enough on the schedule to finish by lunch the courthouse is walking distance from SF Chinatown.
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JohnCompany posted:If you're early enough on the schedule to finish by lunch the courthouse is walking distance from SF Chinatown. I think the Ninth Circuit hears arguments in roughly a billion different locations.
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Nice piece of fish posted:Just for being orderly and poo poo, anyone needing a discord invite please post about it below and you'll be pmd an invite. If you don't have pm please make a temp email account. hello I qualify and this is the last thread I occasionally read. could I score an invite please. also I'll set my server name to HDD #38 so I mean this is a win for everyone involved
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I mean if we don't, based on our experiences with the one we've already got, we should
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I passed the bar recently, so I'm doomed. Just wanted to say thanks to blarghz I think for explaining hearsay rule exceptions to me like two years ago itt.
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Hey, congrats! Now that you're in actual practice (hopefully) here are the real rules: 1) don't commingle funds; and 2) Westlaw is better now that Lexis doesn't give you more points.
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Badactura posted:I passed the bar recently, so I'm doomed. Just wanted to say thanks to blarghz I think for explaining hearsay rule exceptions to me like two years ago itt. rip
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Partner is considering bankruptcy on the advice of a lawyer due to her criminal ex husband wracking up huge amounts of debt in their name, potentially lots more she doesn’t know about. Partner has no debt and pretty standard assets (savings, 401k, vehicles) for a middle aged person. Lawyer makes it seem like it’s not a huge deal, but feels like something that means we’ll never be able to buy a house in the future?
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:Partner is considering bankruptcy on the advice of a lawyer due to her criminal ex husband wracking up huge amounts of debt in their name, potentially lots more she doesn’t know about. Partner has no debt and pretty standard assets (savings, 401k, vehicles) for a middle aged person. Nobody in here cares unless “partner” is this person’s title at a law firm
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What Phil Assholowitz means is there's a legal questions thread in A/T for legal questions.
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BigHead posted:What Phil Assholowitz means is there's a legal questions thread in A/T for legal questions. That is a much more helpful response. Thanks!
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Badactura posted:I passed the bar recently, so I'm doomed. Just wanted to say thanks to blarghz I think for explaining hearsay rule exceptions to me like two years ago itt. Dopn't put your mistakes on my head you did this to yourself
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blarzgh posted:Dopn't put your mistakes on my head you did this to yourself Can't believe you would do this to them
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Hey maybe I'll find a legal career fulfilling?
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Badactura posted:Hey maybe I'll find a legal career fulfilling? Toona seems to like his job.
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GrandmaParty posted:Toona seems to like his job. It took 5 jobs I hated until I got here though. And the broke rear end non-profit life isn’t for everyone.
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Badactura posted:Hey maybe I'll find a legal career fulfilling? yes. maybe.
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It is fun when you do work with pop-culture stuff and see the results of work online and in other media. Also "fun" to breathe a sigh of relief when you realize that the latest person cancelled or scandal doesn't affect any of your clients.
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GrandmaParty posted:Toona seems to like his job. But now I have to do Uber eats for weed money.
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A former colleague decided to take his own life in his office last week. Check in on your people, reach out if you think someone is struggling. If you need someone, feel free to reach out or call 988.
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Toona the Cat posted:A former colleague decided to take his own life in his office last week. Check in on your people, reach out if you think someone is struggling. If you need someone, feel free to reach out or call 988. gently caress.
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For all you attorneys who went in-house, what percent of your work hours equate to billable hours at a firm? My employer decided not to hire another attorney and instead would rather farm things out to OC, and I’m trying to wrap my head around just how loving dumb of a decision this is, financially.
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secular woods sex posted:For all you attorneys who went in-house, what percent of your work hours equate to billable hours at a firm? Id say around 80% Pretty much everything I do that isn't handling outside counsel invoices or conference participation would be billable if I were outside counsel It's not really a good comparison because we have our admin and people management stuff and law firm lawyers have theirs, which are not very comparable
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